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Old 11-11-2010, 10:08 AM
 
Location: Cracow (Poland)
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I have one question.
During World War II in The Unites States were producing large quantities of penicillin.

Where in the United States was the fermentation methods to increase the growth rate of the fungal cultures located?
Fargo ND, Fort Collins CO, Orono ME or Peoria, IL

Anyone knows the answer to this question ?


Sorry for mistakes but I can't speak english well.


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Old 11-11-2010, 02:28 PM
 
Location: Parts Unknown, Northern California
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Penicillin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The challenge of mass-producing this drug was daunting. On March 14, 1942, the first patient was treated for streptococcal septicemia with U.S.-made penicillin produced by Merck & Co.[21] Half of the total supply produced at the time was used on that one patient. By June 1942, there was just enough U.S. penicillin available to treat ten patients.[22] A moldy cantaloupe in a Peoria, Illinois market in 1943 was found to contain the best and highest-quality penicillin after a worldwide search.[23] The discovery of the cantaloupe, and the results of fermentation research on corn steep liquor at the Northern Regional Research Laboratory at Peoria, Illinois, allowed the United States to produce 2.3 million doses in time for the invasion of Normandy in the spring of 1944. Large-scale production resulted from the development of deep-tank fermentation by chemical engineer Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau.
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Old 11-11-2010, 07:48 PM
 
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Any mention of penicillin always reminds me of a story often told of how Alexander Fleming's father saved Winston Churchill from drowning in a bog. The story relates that Randolph Churchill, showed his gratitude to his son's benefactor by financing young Alexander Fleming's education through medical school. Later, as a medical researcher, Fleming discovered penicillin. Even more amazing, as the story goes, Churchill was again saved by the very penicillin invented by Dr Fleming when he became gravely ill with pneumonia in Tunisia during WWII.

This is a story that we all want to believe. Unfortunately, most of it isn't true. Churchill was never in Scotland when the drowning incident was said to have occurred. Dr. Fleming did invent penicillin and it has saved countless lives, but there was no connection to Churchill. During Churchill's 1943 bout with pneumonia, he was treated with a form of sulfa drug.

This story in no way detracts from Dr. Fleming's wonderful invention and it's remarkable benefit to mankind, but it illustrates how a story can take on life of its own. It's thought that a journalist printed the story of the Fleming-Churchill connection during WWII and it has survived many versions since.
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Old 11-13-2010, 04:09 AM
 
Location: Cracow (Poland)
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Thank you very much ; )
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